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No hunting but on the way home just now...I take a very slow drive past the swamp road footage down below...We have 411' of road frontage there...I am half way across and what pops up out of the 6ft deep culvert ditch right at my window?  A doe...and she looks over her shoulder and continues to climb the bank then stop...We stare at each other 12ft or so away and I finally say to her..."Hey do ya think you could walk up the hill to the property behind the house for me?" She blinked...looked away and then back at me for about 3 sec...Almost like she was thinking on it.... You know, that can be a long time in some instances...lol Then she just turned and slowly walked through the wild rose...From the first week of bow ,when I missed a doe, I haven't had one in range and on our land once...fawn but not good doe during legal light....That encounter sums up how my seasons been...lol...what long eye lashes she had!

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Just skinned this doe to find out she is one of 2 I shot at point blank range Sunday only to lose them both inexplicably...I shot this doe 4 times Sunday cleaned my gun today 1 shot did the job...ill tell the crazy story in the harvest thread:

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Wrapped up work early to go to teachers conference however I had a little time to kill.  (that would be a pun I think if I got something but I didn't)  anyways I went for a walk in some woods in 8n to see where deer go when they are "nocturnal"  I normally kick up a few tails here and there on a walk like this but none until at the almost end of the walk I kicked up a HERD of deer.  They went every direction.  Most times I see a lot of deer I say a dozen and thats close one way or the other.  I'm gonna say 20 because usually I can count to 12 pretty quick and there were more than that.  I had a shot but it would have had a housing development behind it and I'm not going there.  No bucks tho.  Lots of fresh buck sign all over.  I took pics but don't have time to upload them now.  Turkey feathers saw the pics so he can vouch for me.    

The deer are there you just have to look a little harder I guess is what I'm saying.

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24 minutes ago, Larry302 said:

This far into the season, they often lay close to,the houses during the day.

you're  learning  grasshopper .

Very true. My deer are tight to the houses and scrub. Only traveling under the stars. Eating shrubs and ornamentals......

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Good to finally make it into the woods today. Got caught up on rest after 4 days of visiting one of our boys in NYC.  My hats off to those of you who live down there and still manage to hunt, can't be easy getting out to the countryside. I made it to the state land at 1130, sat for a couple hours, still hunted til 3, then sat some more. Saw no deer, but did come across two scrapes with hoof marks and turds in them, In fact only one squirrel sighting all day. Will be back out Thursday.

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Good to finally make it into the woods today. Got caught up on rest after 4 days of visiting one of our boys in NYC.  My hats off to those of you who live down there and still manage to hunt, can't be easy getting out to the countryside. I made it to the state land at 1130, sat for a couple hours, still hunted til 3, then sat some more. Saw no deer, but did come across two scrapes with hoof marks and turds in them, In fact only one squirrel sighting all day. Will be back out Thursday.


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27 minutes ago, JimR said:

Good to finally make it into the woods today. Got caught up on rest after 4 days of visiting one of our boys in NYC.  My hats off to those of you who live down there and still manage to hunt, can't be easy getting out to the countryside. I made it to the state land at 1130, sat for a couple hours, still hunted til 3, then sat some more. Saw no deer, but did come across two scrapes with hoof marks and turds in them, In fact only one squirrel sighting all day. Will be back out Thursday.

Its not easy, but we make due in order to spend time in the country. 

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14 hours ago, growalot said:

No hunting but on the way home just now...I take a very slow drive past the swamp road footage down below...We have 411' of road frontage there...I am half way across and what pops up out of the 6ft deep culvert ditch right at my window?  A doe...and she looks over her shoulder and continues to climb the bank then stop...We stare at each other 12ft or so away and I finally say to her..."Hey do ya think you could walk up the hill to the property behind the house for me?" She blinked...looked away and then back at me for about 3 sec...Almost like she was thinking on it.... You know, that can be a long time in some instances...lol Then she just turned and slowly walked through the wild rose...From the first week of bow ,when I missed a doe, I haven't had one in range and on our land once...fawn but not good doe during legal light....That encounter sums up how my seasons been...lol...what long eye lashes she had!

Blinking is how deer give the middle finger.

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